A systematic review of randomized trials of mind-body interventions for PTSD
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OBJECTIVE: To systematically review outcomes from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of mind-body treatments for PTSD. METHODS: Inclusion criteria based on guidelines for assessing risk of bias were used to evaluate articles identified through electronic literature searches. RESULTS: Twenty-two RCTs met inclusion standards. In most of the nine mindfulness and six yoga studies, significant between-group effects were found indicating moderate to large effect size advantages for these treatments. In all seven relaxation RCT's, relaxation was used as a control condition and five studies reported significant between-group differences on relevant PTSD outcomes in favor of the target treatments. However, there were large within-group symptom improvements in the relaxation condition for the majority of studies. CONCLUSIONS: Although many studies are limited by methodologic weaknesses, recent studies have increased rigor and, in aggregate, the results for mindfulness, yoga, and relaxation are promising. Recommendations for design of future mind-body trials are offered.
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- Authors
- Niles, B. L., Mori, D. L., Polizzi, C., Pless Kaiser, A., Weinstein, E. S., Gershkovich, M., & Wang, C.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- National Center for PTSD (US)
- National Center for PTSD and Boston University School of Medicine
- VA Boston Healthcare System (US)
- Tufts University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Niles, Barbara L.
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-05-10
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1485-1508
- ISSN
- 0021-9762 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-4679
- PMC
- PMC6508087
- OpenAlex
- W2803001858
- Cited by
- 72
- References
- 83
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 0.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (K24AT007323)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, mind-body interventions, mindfulness, yoga, relaxation training, treatment efficacy, risk of bias
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychotherapy, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Yoga, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Meditation, Mindfulness
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